Canadian Forces Ambushed

Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada are ambushed as they conducted battle damage assessment in the village on July 15, 2006 in Sangin, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

Equipment:

carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. The weapon is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2. The M4 has selective fire options including semi-automatic and three-round burst (like the M16A2), while the M4A1 has a "full auto" option in place of the three-round burst. The M4A1 is sometimes also found with a heavier barrel to withstand heat from sustained fully-automatic fire.

M203 - M203 generally refers to the United States Army designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. Stand-alone variants exist as do versions capable of being used on many other rifles. The device attaches under the barrel and forward of the magazine, the trigger for it being just forward of the magazine. The magazine functions as a handle of sorts when firing for the M203. A separate sighting system is added to rifles with the M203 as the rifle's regular sights are not matched to the launcher. The M203 can fire high-explosive, smoke, illuminating, buckshot direct fire, CS gas, and training grenades.

Location:

Afghanistan - Afghanistan is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Asia. Generally considered a part of Central Asia, it is sometimes ascribed to a regional bloc in either the Middle East or South Asia, as it has cultural, ethno-linguistic, and geographic links with most of its neighbors. It is bordered by Iran in the west, Pakistan in the south and east, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China to the east.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Military
• Canucks
• Canadians
• iraq
• Afghanistan
• firefight
• united states

[TheRosscog1]

the canadian tanks are bad ass man my cousin drives a leopard and he said they got hit with an rpg and it just glanced off the angle armour u.s. tanks are cool too.

[Soap1O]

@TheRosscog1 The Canadian tanks are kinda German^^

[samanthagoebel]

IF U CALL THEIS GUYS STUPED SCRUW U my sisters BF is th eon holdin the camra in this vider and the one who says RPG!

[Soap1O]

@samanthagoebel Lol it's a guy who says RPG. Lol, it's your brother then. Learn some english dude

[b101aa2]

welcome to real combat. hats off to those canadian soldiers.

[TheMilitarypower]

NATO 1 - Terrorist 0

[oleHABSole]

I bet that smoke tasted better then ever.

[GreenDevel]

I was not saying that they were in Wainwright when this was taken, I was tell BandosTV that just because he thinks he's doesn't mean he is.

[oogabooga341]

lol, scratch my last, thought I saw a tank. but really, listen to those shells? and those grenades... and the fact that there isnt a high pitched whirr with the shots

[oogabooga341]

@GreenDevel did you not see the tank?

[kx12x]

Yes, it is.